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Largest North Carolina public schools by enrollment

North Carolina public schools ranked by total enrollment. Brick-and-mortar only; virtual schools excluded.

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NORTH CAROLINA · LARGEST BY ENROLLMENT

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
301	Clover Garden	Burlington	Clover Garden	Combined	963
302	Mallard Creek STEM Academy	Charlotte	Mallard Creek STEM Academy	Elementary	961
303	Alpha Academy	Fayetteville	Alpha Academy	Combined	960
304	Cramerton Middle	Cramerton	Gaston County Schools	Middle	959
305	Ligon Middle	Raleigh	Wake County Schools	Middle	959
306	North Lenoir High	La Grange	Lenoir County Public Schools	High	957
307	Vance Charter School	Henderson	Vance Charter School	Combined	956
308	Holly Ridge Middle	Holly Springs	Wake County Schools	Middle	955
309	Stuart W Cramer High	Belmont	Gaston County Schools	High	953
310	Hope Middle	Greenville	Pitt County Schools	Middle	952
311	Eastern Alamance High	Mebane	Alamance-Burlington Schools	High	952
312	McGee's Crossroads Elem	Angier	Johnston County Public Schools	Elementary	950
313	Jamestown Middle	Jamestown	Guilford County Schools	Middle	949
314	Heritage Middle	Wake Forest	Wake County Schools	Middle	947
315	Albemarle Road Middle	Charlotte	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Middle	945
316	Palisades Park Elementary	Charlotte	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Elementary	940
317	W R Odell Primary	Concord	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	938
318	Faith Academy Charter School	Faith	Faith Academy	Combined	938
319	Cleveland Middle	Garner	Johnston County Public Schools	Middle	936
320	Classical Charter Schools of Leland	Leland	Classical Charter Schools of Leland	Elementary	935
321	North Davidson High	Lexington	Davidson County Schools	High	935
322	Bandys High	Catawba	Catawba County Schools	High	935
323	Southern Guilford High	Greensboro	Guilford County Schools	High	934
324	East Henderson High	East Flat Rock	Henderson County Schools	High	932
325	South Rowan High	China Grove	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	932
326	Fred T Foard High	Newton	Catawba County Schools	High	930
327	Salisbury High	Salisbury	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	930
328	Unity Classical Charter School	CHARLOTTE	Unity Classical Charter School	Elementary	928
329	Burns High	Lawndale	Cleveland County Schools	High	928
330	Hickory Ridge Elementary	Harrisburg	Cabarrus County Schools	Elementary	927
331	Neuse Charter School	Smithfield	Neuse Charter School	Combined	925
332	Carnage Middle	Raleigh	Wake County Schools	Middle	924
333	Jacksonville Commons Middle	Jacksonville	Onslow County Schools	Middle	918
334	Alston Ridge Elementary	Cary	Wake County Schools	Elementary	917
335	East Gaston High	Mount Holly	Gaston County Schools	High	917
336	Northwest Guilford Middle	Greensboro	Guilford County Schools	Middle	915
337	Sun Valley Middle	Indian Trail	Union County Public Schools	Middle	909
338	Charles P Murray Middle	Wilmington	New Hanover County Schools	Middle	907
339	Roberta Road Middle	Concord	Cabarrus County Schools	Middle	906
340	Buckhorn Creek Elementary	Holly Springs	Wake County Schools	Elementary	905
341	Mendenhall Middle	Greensboro	Guilford County Schools	Middle	905
342	Blythe Elementary	Huntersville	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	Elementary	902
343	Riverwood Middle	Clayton	Johnston County Public Schools	Middle	902
344	Troutman Elementary	Troutman	Iredell-Statesville Schools	Elementary	902
345	Chicod	Greenville	Pitt County Schools	Elementary	902
346	Eastern Guilford Middle	Gibsonville	Guilford County Schools	Middle	901
347	Kensington Elementary	Waxhaw	Union County Public Schools	Elementary	901
348	Carroll Middle	Raleigh	Wake County Schools	Middle	898
349	Central Davidson High	Lexington	Davidson County Schools	High	897
350	North Buncombe High	Weaverville	Buncombe County Schools	High	896

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